Jack Smith 'Mistake' in Trump Case Has Come Back to Bite Him—Tribe

Special counsel Jack Smith made a "mistake" when he charged former President Donald Trump in the classified documents case in Florida and not Washington, D.C. …

"Of course charging this case in Florida rather than DC was a mistake. Many of us argued that at the time, publicly and privately," Tribe wrote in a post on X, formerly Twitter.

"Fears of a fight over venue were understandable but never justified the risk Smith took that he'd draw a judge like Cannon."

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The move was believed to be an attempt to prevent Trump's lawyers from arguing that the charges were filed in the wrong place, or that the former president would not be able to get a fair jury in the district where he received just five percent of the vote in 2020.